Community Hospital Creates Mobile App to Deliver Clinical Laboratory Test Results to Its Physicians

Jun 8, 2011 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Smartphone mobile app is dubbed “MicroHIS” by Holy Name Medical Center At one community hospital in New Jersey, physicians love getting clinical laboratory test results over their smartphones or similar wireless devices. Radiology and cardiology results can also be accessed or viewed using this unique mobile app developed for use at Holy Name Medical Center in Tea Neck, New Jersey. The story about mobile applications at Holy Name Medical Center demonstrates to pathologists and clinical...

CDC Reports that Hospital Improvement Programs Cut ICU Infection Rate by 58%

Jun 6, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Clinical pathology laboratory testing played a role in reducing rate of ICU infections Here’s a big win for improved patient outcomes, and clinical labs and pathologists played a significant role in this achievement. Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs decreased in number by a whopping 58% from 2001 to 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some healthcare experts attribute this significant reduction in ICU infections to greater...
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